Vocabulary Flashcards
Grief Response
an individual’s total response to a major loss.
Suppression:
to hold back or restrain
Hostility:
the intentional use of unfriendly or offensive behavior.
Coping:
dealing successfully with difficult changes in your life.
Anxiety
the condition of bein unasy o worried of what will happen.
Hormones
chemical substances that are produced in glands and help regulate many of yor body’s functions.
Cluster suicides
a series of suicides occurring within a short period of time and involving several people in a school or a community.
Alienation
feeling isolated and seperated from everyone else.
Empathy
the ability to imagine and understand how someone else feels.
Depression
a prolonged feeling of helplessness, hopelessness, and sadness
Resilience
the ability to adapt effectively and recover from disappointment, difficulty, or crisis.
Protective Factors
Conditions that shield individuals from negative consequences of exposer to risk.
Stress
the reaction of the body and mind to everyday challenges and demands.
Perception
the act of becoming aware through the senses.
Stressor
Anything that causes stress
Stress management skills
skils that have a individual stress in a healthy, effective way.
Relaxation response
a state of calm that can be released if one or more relaxation techniques is practice regularly.
Psychosomatic response
a physical reaction that results from stress rather than from injury or illness.
Chronic stress
stress associated with long term problems that are beyond your control.
Mourning
the act of showing sorrow or grief.
Distress
bad stress.
Eustress
good stress
Emotions
an individual’s feeling about something.
Defensive mechanisms
mental process that protect individuals from strong or stressful emotions and situations.
